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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1902
Page
17
A German immigrant in Philadelphia reflects on American customs he finds odd from ice cream to trolley riding. He fears ridicule and social judgment at home and here, noting how local conduct, dress, and dining norms would provoke disapproval or suspicion in Germany. He worries friends and relatives would gossip and blame him, making adaptation painful.
In the Rio San Francisco Valley cowboys uncover dugout homes of an extinct Pueblo tribe. Skeletons lie in dramatic poses as a sudden gas blast and mudflow massacred the people, leaving buried earth not local to the site.
A late talk by W Willcocks at Cairo’s Khedivial Geographical Society outlined a future Egypt. Perennial irrigation with equatorial reservoirs could sustain the Nile, but only if peace endures. He warned damming Africa could starve the Nile, yet expected steam and rail links from Alexandria to the Cape. He envisions reclaimed lands, Cairo sanitation upgrades, and a revived prestige through modern irrigation.
A Virginia woman, Mrs. S. H. Love of Oval Oaks in Nottoway County, credits her cat with remarkable care. The animal reportedly brings a partridge or young rabbit daily and places it at her sick mistress’s feet, a story cited by the Chicago Inter Ocean.
President Harriman of the Southern Pacific argues the Union and Central Pacific lines were built on true lines not land grants. He cites $9.5 million spent to improve 1030 miles of Union Pacific and $8.6 million on Central Pacific yielding only small mileage reductions, contending the projects were marvelously well done.
Washington officials and Governor Taft move toward a deal with the Vatican to purchase friaries in the Philippines. The plan, drawn by Secretary Root and approved by President Roosevelt, would buy all friar lands not in use for church purposes for about 10 million dollars. Taft travels to Rome to negotiate with the College of Cardinals, aiming for pacification and civil governance.
The article discusses the long standing friction over land held by religious orders in the Philippines. It cites Aguinaldo era critiques, the treaty of Paris implications, and calls for reform of church property and influence. It notes Jesuit and other orders' roles in education and governance, and debates recall of mendicant friars.
The New York Evening Post notes the army quartermaster depot will repair a passenger wagon with sealed proposals due by June 2 1902. Col Kimball issues the call detailing extensive refurbishments from new rubber seats to re coating and overhaul of ironwork.
A Japanese report notes roosters with tails eleven feet long, sometimes longer, and an eighteen foot tail case is cited. The Chicago Inter Ocean mentions such birds, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York has received four specimens, two cocks and two hens. The two cock tails measure eleven feet each, while the hens reach about eight feet.
A historical note on tombstone fashions from the St. Louis Globe Democrat traces the evolution of memorials from sarcophagi to ornate obelisks and statues. It highlights ancient origins among Egyptians Greeks and Etruscans, noting terra cotta sarcophagi’ durability and iconic recumbent figures, with Roman adoption and shift toward obelisks as a status symbol.
Professor Hill, who studied St. Pierre for the US Geological Survey, blamed the Martinique Governor and French officials for the deaths in the disaster. He cited Professor Landes, a geology expert, who warned of dangerous gases but was told to remain silent and later perished.
Mrs. Dubric works the St. Joseph group near St. Kevin Mountain with her husband, mining together in a rudely built cabin. They use a dog driven wagon and wheelbarrow to haul waste as they hunt a rumored big ore strike while planting a cross with a saint image at the tunnel mouth.
The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Railway places engine 40 with electric headlights in regular use. The feature, added at Dubois shops, marks a plan to equip all road engines. Experiments reportedly satisfactory, with rapid rollout expected as locomotives undergo repairs.
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